Today I acquired...........

[Morrisman]

So i was looking for ideas for an unusual gear shift lever for my hot rod, I saw this set on US Ebay... so they are now mine, winging their way to me as we speak.

One will become my gear shifter, another maybe the hand brake lever, not sure about the others, may keep them for when I need a couple installed in me.

My morbid bits arrived today. Muahahahahaaa...

 

[130]

Looks like they included a lemon juice thingy but bowl is a bit small

 

[Pete.]

Be patient young man, I have no need for most of the boxed contents so will bung them up on the freebees section when I have time to sort through them . You can have first shout on the cutters.

Bob

The split collets with the internal thread look like Hardinge 5c or 2J. I'm collecting both types if you have any Bob, but I won't take them for free.

 

[8ob]

Is that little milling vice, (in the box with those cutters & drill bits), going to be up for sale too?

I will put your name on it Matt

8ob. What size is that rotary table

Approx six coffee cups in diameter Spencer.

The split collets with the internal thread look like Hardinge 5c or 2J. I'm collecting both types if you have any Bob, but I won't take them for free.

Will tip the box out tomorrow Pete and let you know whats there, will put your name on them.

Bob

 

[MikeBB1970]

Funnily enough I bought a similar die holder thinking it was a tap holder too.
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Welcome aboard

Thanks, ..that is a nice 'un.

 

[Olderisbetter]

Today i got a set of taps for 20mm conduit to tap a few bits to make some lighting with conduit and the doors on the garage got clad ready for some fake windows.

 

[Farside]

4 bits for the drill. 2 original Raw plugs and 2 of unknown make. Well I can't make out a makers name yet.

I remember them. No drill involved, you banged them into the wall with a hammer until you were blue in the face. Nothing as fancy as hammer drills back then.
They were bloody awful. Thankfully, by the time I was old enough to use tools properly, the hammer drill was extant and those horrible things there were consigned to the scrapyard, where they belonged.
There is only one thing I can think of to say in their favour - if you really, really had to, you could make a hole when the power went off.

 

[Morrisman]

Looks like they included a lemon juice thingy but bowl is a bit small

Notice it still has bits of human in it, as does one of the hip joint legs.......

 

[Olderisbetter]

I remember them. No drill involved, you banged them into the wall with a hammer until you were blue in the face. Nothing as fancy as hammer drills back then.
They were bloody awful. Thankfully, by the time I was old enough to use tools properly, the hammer drill was extant and those horrible things there were consigned to the scrapyard, where they belonged.
There is only one thing I can think of to say in their favour - if you really, really had to, you could make a hole when the power went off.

I used to hear about raw plug tools and raw plugs made of some sort of fibre that people used to put in their mouths to soften up..i hope that was told to me as a joke.

 

[Farside]

My morbid bits arrived today. Muahahahahaaa...

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Yep, obviously Americans have Inch hips, but since we have Metric hips, they've been marked up for export

 

[roofman]

Yep, obviously Americans have Inch hips, but since we have Metric hips, they've been marked up for export

plus the American models are rated for 3 times the weight

 

[Farside]

I used to hear about raw plug tools and raw plugs made of some sort of fibre that people used to put in their mouths to soften up..i hope that was told to me as a joke.

I never used to do that, but some people chewed it. Maybe they just liked the taste.
Thank gawd for SDS, plasplugs, and concrete screws, is all I can say.

 

[Farside]

plus the American models are rated for 3 times the weight

I wonder if those parts were surplus from a maker, or a lab, or a crem?

 

[roofman]

I wonder if those parts were surplus from a maker, or a lab, or a crem?

me being as morbid as the op i would like to think a crem

 

[slim_boy_fat]

raw plugs made of some sort of fibre

Unless I'm mistaken, you can still get those?

 

[Dieselman 63]

Today I acquired the light fitting parts for a planned project to make a wall scissor lamp. This is really old Bakelite plastic and it polishes up beautifully. The lamps go for hundreds online so I thought it would be fun to make one.

 

[fizzy]

A nice bandfacer or belt sander. A real bargain I think. I want to use it for grinding down metal - just hope the belt speed is fast enough. I have bought some very aggressive belts for it though!
Very nicely strapped to a pallet.

 

[Dieselman 63]

A nice bandfacer or belt sander. A real bargain I think. I want to use it for grinding down metal - just hope the belt speed is fast enough. I have bought some very aggressive belts for it though!
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That’s nice! Lacks the character of their older stuff, but I wouldn’t say no to one

 

[Morrisman]

I wonder if those parts were surplus from a maker, or a lab, or a crem?

The bone pieces still glued to the one joint would indicate they are not surplus new stock, but...

 

[Morrisman]

I’d love a decent linishing machine like that. Used to have one in the machine shop I worked, so very useful for shaping and smoothing stuff, worth its weight in gold.